I am deeply saddened. I love my Sigg bottle. I use it constantly. Each of family members own a Sigg (except for the little one that lost hers). When the dangers of BPA hit the airwaves, Sigg and Kleen Kanteen were touted to be the best, safest water bottles. I invested in Sigg believing I was doing the right thing.

Basically, Sigg is saying that they never claimed to not contain BPA, but only that no BPA was leached from their bottles. The truth is that no one could ever get Sigg to admit whether or not they used BPA, they were always very careful in the wording they used, we trusted that they did not. Since their liner was “proprietary” information, they were not forced to disclose to us just what they used. Their liner did not leach nearly as much BPA as other bottles, but those tests seem to have been done on NEW bottles. I wonder how dented bottles would have held up to the testing. How does age affect the testing?

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The Corn Refiners Association would like you to believe the High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) is perfectly fine. A new study has found that nearly half of all samples tested contained Mercury. Mercury is not good for you in any amount! Once you add up all that HFCS you consume, that relates to a lot of Mercury!

HFCS is used in many different items from bread, cereals, and lunchmeats to soups and condiments. It is the cheapest and easiest way for manufacturers to sweeten their foods. Some of the items that were detected to contain mercury include: Hershey’s Chocolate Syrup, Market Pantry Grape Jelly, Frosted Blueberry Poptarts, Hunt’s Tomato Ketchup and Yoplait Strawberry Yogurt.

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Yes, it’s found it’s way into  OUR infant forumla now. The FDA has recently tested infant formula, made in the US, for melamine. Of the big three companies, one tested positive for melamine, one tested positive for cyanuric acid, and one came out clean. The FDA says the levels are so low there should be no concern.  However, back on October 3, the FDA stated, “FDA is currently unable to establish any level of melamine and melamine-related compounds in infant formula that does not raise public health concerns“. How is it that just over a month ago, concern should be raised at any amount and now suddenly, it’s here and it’s okay?! How, in this short amount of time, have they determined a “safe amount”?

Here’s another area for concern – melamine is used in some food packaging and can rub off onto our food. It is also used in a cleaning solution for food processing equipment.

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If you’re asking what are parabens and why should I be avoiding them, then you should keep reading. I was asking myself this same question and decided I should research. Most of my “good” products that say SLS-free also advertise “no parabens”. Must be something to avoid then. I decided it’s time to find out why!

Parabens are synthetic preservatives found in cosmetics, shampoos, moisturizers, even toothpaste. “Parabens”  include methylparabens, ethylparabens, propylparabens, butylparabens and a host of others. The FDA has deemed these things safe, but do we always trust the FDA?!

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Poisoning our children with lead was not enough. Contaminating baby milk and candies was not enough. Let’s not forget our pets and the contaminated food for them. The latest in the China recalls is eggs. No, not chocolate eggs like the Cadbury eggs on the candy recall list. Real eggs from chickens.

W*lM*art’s [ sorry, that's a forbidden word around here ;o) ] “Selct” eggs have been pulled from shelves for containing over 2 times Hong Kong’s limit of the melamine chemical in food. At the moment it is unknown what countries have imported these eggs. To date, no illnesses have been reported, although, it’s unknown what consuming melamine in eggs will do to humans. Babies that drank contaminated milk suffered kidney problems and even death.

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First China decides to poison their own babies, then they try to poison the world. Ok, so I’m exaggerating, but that sure is how it feels sometimes!

By now, we’ve all heard about the tainted milk in China. Thousands are sick and I believe, at the moment, 4 have died. Milk powder has been laced with Melamine. Why? To fool government testing. It’s presence gave the milk a higher protein count, allowing the company to increase the milk’s volume with water and still pass the government testing.

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